Diane - I will email you a name and number of a possible SCV group to do your dedication. They are working on taking over the Oakwood cemetery Confederate section. I have also just recently located one of my gggrandfathers who also died in one of the general hospitals in downtown Richmond, he was listed incorrectly on the regisers so if you see anything that might be your guy check it out - it would have saved me three years! My Andrew B. Walker of the 22nd Va. Inf. was listed as A. B. Walker, Ga. after looking at it harder no A. B. Walker listed in Ga. Inf. and the date of burial was a day after the death of Andrew. The Confederate Museum has copies of the register of burials- they too were buried in mass numbers three to a grave marker. I did not know about the right side and left side of the road but my guy is on the right side and he died in 1862. We have not ordered a marker yet as they will not let uprights in yet and I am hoping when the SCV take over I will be ! able to get an upright. I visit out at Oakwood often - it is not a real good place to go alone - and the Confederates are on the front wall where a apartment complex is located that is known to be very rough - the whole area is - so not go in the evening or by yourself! I would almost be scared to have a dedication out there - you could be shot! Marie -----Original Message----- From: Diane S <dsanfilippo303@adelphia.net> To: VAHANOVE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 12:20:31 -0500 Subject: Re: [VAHANOVE] N. Jones John, there is a database of Georgia soldiers buried in Hollywood in the ga archives of GenWeb and/or RootsWeb. I found my 3x great grandfather, David Aldrin McDonald buried in Oakwood, and have since had his grave marked - he was from Athens, Ga. and died in Chimborazo #8, I think without looking... and another tip - soldiers who died at Chimborazo were buried at Oakwood. I have tried and tried to find a Sons group to have a small dedication service for David's marker, to no avail. Its sad to live in the Capitol of the Confederacy and not be able to find anyone to honor an ancestor - whether he was from any of the Confederate states! Oh, Ricky, at Oakwood is most helpful in locating the soldiers and we followed him out to the 1862 cemetery and he found the grave for us - much, much better marked than Hollywood - although not as lovely or prestigious. Ricky has a list in his office with names and grave sites, however I found the information on the unit's website. I also have a great-great-uncle buried among the unknown at Oakwood - I think my husband breathed a sigh of relief... The sad thing is that at Hollywood, the soldiers were buried three to a grave, coffins laid out like cord wood in trenches, some not as deep as usual, and often, when 'business' was heavy, days went by before burial, rendering the entire site a horrific scene. Its quiet and peaceful now - the neighborhood is not the best and visitors should be well advised to leave way before dusk, but the old cemetery, unlike the new, exudes a feeling of sadness, but dignity. If you visit go by and visit David's grave - the 1862 graves are on the right side of the road and the 1864 on the left. Look for the gazebo on the left - take a straight line from the left corner marker, across the street and in three markers - and you will find David's grave. What a wonderful service you are offering for those who do not live in the area! Diane S ----- Original Message ----- From: JOHN TAYLOR To: VAHANOVE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 8:32 PM Subject: Re: [VAHANOVE] N. Jones Karen, Your best bet would be to contact the Mississippi State Archives - Mississippi Confederate Soldiers records should be on file by unit, and you already know that he was in Co. A 11th Mississippi Infantry. The records will be on microfilm and also any widow's pension applications. Do you know if he was buried in Ashland? We have a mass grave in the Woodland Cemetery in Ashland in which approximately four hundred Confederate Soldiers are buried. There is only one marker stating that they are Confederate Unknowns, but the marker is incorrect. approximately 200 of them are known and there is a record of them at the Library of Virginia in Richmond. We had so many soldiers from our sister states die in Virginia and for many reasons they could not be sent home for burial. Many of them lie in unmarked graves in Hollywood Cemetery, Oakwood Cemetery, and Woodland Cemetery in Ashland. Many of them are known and usually their graves are marked only by a number that corresponds to their name information. If you can determine that N. Jones was buried in Virginia please let me know and I will try to locate his grave for you. Your obedient servant, John Henry Taylor ----- Original Message ----- From: <pooka@arn.net> To: <VAHANOVE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 6:20 PM Subject: [VAHANOVE] N. Jones > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VBC.2ACI/1250 > > Message Board Post: > > Looking for info on N. Jones. He was in Co. A. 11th Miss Infantry. He > was a private He joined the Confederate Infantry March 1, 1862 at Spring > Dale. Miss. He died at Ashland, Virginia. I am trying to find what the > N. stood for? Could it have been Norman or Norbert? 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Diane, What Marie says is true of Oakwood. I have been a police officer for the City of Richmond for twenty five years adn for twenty three years Church Hill and Fulton Hill was my assigned area. You certainly don't want to go there alone. Whenever the SCV was having a dedication there, I used to park my police car near the entrance where I could see what was going on but at the same time not detract from the ceremony. If there had been any problems I would have been there within seconds. I will be retiring in two more months, but some of the rookies I trained are also SCV members and they will also try to keep an eye on Oakwood. Your servant, John Henry Taylor ----- Original Message ----- From: <mwj819@aol.com> To: <VAHANOVE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 12:59 PM Subject: Re: [VAHANOVE] N. Jones > Diane - I will email you a name and number of a possible SCV group to do > your dedication. They are working on taking over the Oakwood cemetery > Confederate section. I have also just recently located one of my > gggrandfathers who also died in one of the general hospitals in downtown > Richmond, he was listed incorrectly on the regisers so if you see anything > that might be your guy check it out - it would have saved me three years! > My Andrew B. Walker of the 22nd Va. Inf. was listed as A. B. Walker, Ga. > after looking at it harder no A. B. Walker listed in Ga. Inf. and the date > of burial was a day after the death of Andrew. The Confederate Museum has > copies of the register of burials- they too were buried in mass numbers > three to a grave marker. I did not know about the right side and left > side of the road but my guy is on the right side and he died in 1862. We > have not ordered a marker yet as they will not let uprights in yet and I > am hoping when the SCV take over I will be ! > able to get an upright. I visit out at Oakwood often - it is not a real > good place to go alone - and the Confederates are on the front wall where > a apartment complex is located that is known to be very rough - the whole > area is - so not go in the evening or by yourself! I would almost be > scared to have a dedication out there - you could be shot! Marie > > -----Original Message----- > From: Diane S <dsanfilippo303@adelphia.net> > To: VAHANOVE-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 12:20:31 -0500 > Subject: Re: [VAHANOVE] N. Jones > > > John, there is a database of Georgia soldiers buried in Hollywood in the > ga > archives of GenWeb and/or RootsWeb. I found my 3x great grandfather, David > Aldrin McDonald buried in Oakwood, and have since had his grave marked - > he was > from Athens, Ga. and died in Chimborazo #8, I think without looking... and > another tip - soldiers who died at Chimborazo were buried at Oakwood. I > have > tried and tried to find a Sons group to have a small dedication service > for > David's marker, to no avail. Its sad to live in the Capitol of the > Confederacy > and not be able to find anyone to honor an ancestor - whether he was from > any of > the Confederate states! > Oh, Ricky, at Oakwood is most helpful in locating the soldiers and we > followed > him out to the 1862 cemetery and he found the grave for us - much, much > better > marked than Hollywood - although not as lovely or prestigious. Ricky has a > list > in his office with names and grave sites, however I found the information > on the > unit's website. > I also have a great-great-uncle buried among the unknown at Oakwood - I > think my > husband breathed a sigh of relief... > The sad thing is that at Hollywood, the soldiers were buried three to a > grave, > coffins laid out like cord wood in trenches, some not as deep as usual, > and > often, when 'business' was heavy, days went by before burial, rendering > the > entire site a horrific scene. > Its quiet and peaceful now - the neighborhood is not the best and visitors > should be well advised to leave way before dusk, but the old cemetery, > unlike > the new, exudes a feeling of sadness, but dignity. If you visit go by and > visit > David's grave - the 1862 graves are on the right side of the road and the > 1864 > on the left. Look for the gazebo on the left - take a straight line from > the > left corner marker, across the street and in three markers - and you will > find > David's grave. > What a wonderful service you are offering for those who do not live in the > area! > Diane S > ----- Original Message ----- > From: JOHN TAYLOR > To: VAHANOVE-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 8:32 PM > Subject: Re: [VAHANOVE] N. Jones > > > Karen, > > Your best bet would be to contact the Mississippi State Archives - > Mississippi Confederate Soldiers records should be on file by unit, and > you > already know that he was in Co. A 11th Mississippi Infantry. The records > will be on microfilm and also any widow's pension applications. Do you > know > if he was buried in Ashland? We have a mass grave in the Woodland > Cemetery > in Ashland in which approximately four hundred Confederate Soldiers are > buried. There is only one marker stating that they are Confederate > Unknowns, but the marker is incorrect. approximately 200 of them are > known > and there is a record of them at the Library of Virginia in Richmond. We > had so many soldiers from our sister states die in Virginia and for many > reasons they could not be sent home for burial. Many of them lie in > unmarked graves in Hollywood Cemetery, Oakwood Cemetery, and Woodland > Cemetery in Ashland. Many of them are known and usually their graves are > marked only by a number that corresponds to their name information. If > you > can determine that N. Jones was buried in Virginia please let me know and > I > will try to locate his grave for you. > > Your obedient servant, > > John Henry Taylor > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <pooka@arn.net> > To: <VAHANOVE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 6:20 PM > Subject: [VAHANOVE] N. 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Hello John - My husband and I have lived in Powhatan County for almost 30 yrs. and I KNOW how rough Richmond can be - and is! Our sons are still nearby, and our youngest lives in that rough neighborhood near VCU where that man who murdered that girl lived... in fact just around the corner! He is almost totally blind, works at Kroger's, and has to walk - he has been 'mugged' several times, once when I was on the phone with him! We bought him a cell phone after that so he does not have to use a phone booth! Our oldest lives in a nice neighborhood in Mechanicsville, is director of marketing at Paramount, King's Dominion... but he attended VCU and I often wondered why a parent would send a child to college there! Michael was an adult by then - so on his own... his frat. house was not in the best are either... plus just to get to Hollywood, its best to lock doors and roll up windows. Once inside the gates, it is safe, and we have even picnicked there with out-of-town guests - its lovely, but the old cemetery at Oakwood is not nearly as bad as I thought it would be! Just one nearby project is closed and attracts vagrants, and the other has the highest murder rate in Richmond! Tough beat!! but visitors should be duly warned... Diane ----- Original Message ----- From: JOHN TAYLOR To: VAHANOVE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 1:40 PM Subject: Re: [VAHANOVE] N. Jones Diane, What Marie says is true of Oakwood. I have been a police officer for the City of Richmond for twenty five years adn for twenty three years Church Hill and Fulton Hill was my assigned area. You certainly don't want to go there alone. Whenever the SCV was having a dedication there, I used to park my police car near the entrance where I could see what was going on but at the same time not detract from the ceremony. If there had been any problems I would have been there within seconds. I will be retiring in two more months, but some of the rookies I trained are also SCV members and they will also try to keep an eye on Oakwood. Your servant, John Henry Taylor ----- Original Message ----- From: <mwj819@aol.com> To: <VAHANOVE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 12:59 PM Subject: Re: [VAHANOVE] N. Jones > Diane - I will email you a name and number of a possible SCV group to do > your dedication. They are working on taking over the Oakwood cemetery > Confederate section. I have also just recently located one of my > gggrandfathers who also died in one of the general hospitals in downtown > Richmond, he was listed incorrectly on the regisers so if you see anything > that might be your guy check it out - it would have saved me three years! > My Andrew B. Walker of the 22nd Va. Inf. was listed as A. B. Walker, Ga. > after looking at it harder no A. B. Walker listed in Ga. Inf. and the date > of burial was a day after the death of Andrew. The Confederate Museum has > copies of the register of burials- they too were buried in mass numbers > three to a grave marker. I did not know about the right side and left > side of the road but my guy is on the right side and he died in 1862. We > have not ordered a marker yet as they will not let uprights in yet and I > am hoping when the SCV take over I will be ! > able to get an upright. I visit out at Oakwood often - it is not a real > good place to go alone - and the Confederates are on the front wall where > a apartment complex is located that is known to be very rough - the whole > area is - so not go in the evening or by yourself! I would almost be > scared to have a dedication out there - you could be shot! Marie > > -----Original Message----- > From: Diane S <dsanfilippo303@adelphia.net> > To: VAHANOVE-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 12:20:31 -0500 > Subject: Re: [VAHANOVE] N. Jones > > > John, there is a database of Georgia soldiers buried in Hollywood in the > ga > archives of GenWeb and/or RootsWeb. I found my 3x great grandfather, David > Aldrin McDonald buried in Oakwood, and have since had his grave marked - > he was > from Athens, Ga. and died in Chimborazo #8, I think without looking... and > another tip - soldiers who died at Chimborazo were buried at Oakwood. I > have > tried and tried to find a Sons group to have a small dedication service > for > David's marker, to no avail. Its sad to live in the Capitol of the > Confederacy > and not be able to find anyone to honor an ancestor - whether he was from > any of > the Confederate states! > Oh, Ricky, at Oakwood is most helpful in locating the soldiers and we > followed > him out to the 1862 cemetery and he found the grave for us - much, much > better > marked than Hollywood - although not as lovely or prestigious. Ricky has a > list > in his office with names and grave sites, however I found the information > on the > unit's website. > I also have a great-great-uncle buried among the unknown at Oakwood - I > think my > husband breathed a sigh of relief... > The sad thing is that at Hollywood, the soldiers were buried three to a > grave, > coffins laid out like cord wood in trenches, some not as deep as usual, > and > often, when 'business' was heavy, days went by before burial, rendering > the > entire site a horrific scene. > Its quiet and peaceful now - the neighborhood is not the best and visitors > should be well advised to leave way before dusk, but the old cemetery, > unlike > the new, exudes a feeling of sadness, but dignity. If you visit go by and > visit > David's grave - the 1862 graves are on the right side of the road and the > 1864 > on the left. Look for the gazebo on the left - take a straight line from > the > left corner marker, across the street and in three markers - and you will > find > David's grave. > What a wonderful service you are offering for those who do not live in the > area! > Diane S > ----- Original Message ----- > From: JOHN TAYLOR > To: VAHANOVE-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 8:32 PM > Subject: Re: [VAHANOVE] N. Jones > > > Karen, > > Your best bet would be to contact the Mississippi State Archives - > Mississippi Confederate Soldiers records should be on file by unit, and > you > already know that he was in Co. A 11th Mississippi Infantry. The records > will be on microfilm and also any widow's pension applications. Do you > know > if he was buried in Ashland? We have a mass grave in the Woodland > Cemetery > in Ashland in which approximately four hundred Confederate Soldiers are > buried. There is only one marker stating that they are Confederate > Unknowns, but the marker is incorrect. approximately 200 of them are > known > and there is a record of them at the Library of Virginia in Richmond. We > had so many soldiers from our sister states die in Virginia and for many > reasons they could not be sent home for burial. Many of them lie in > unmarked graves in Hollywood Cemetery, Oakwood Cemetery, and Woodland > Cemetery in Ashland. Many of them are known and usually their graves are > marked only by a number that corresponds to their name information. If > you > can determine that N. Jones was buried in Virginia please let me know and > I > will try to locate his grave for you. > > Your obedient servant, > > John Henry Taylor > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <pooka@arn.net> > To: <VAHANOVE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 6:20 PM > Subject: [VAHANOVE] N. 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Marie - the housing unit there is the one that was closed - and soon, I hope the buildings will come down. What does it matter - upright or flat - mark his grave and honor him - that is what it means... nothing more. You will feel so good when you see it there and know that others will pass that way and know who lies there. The upright stones are being replaced because of upkeep - and I can understand that... my own soldier, my young husband, an Airborne Ranger Lt. like under a marble base with a VA furnished flat marker... and below is my own memorial - with the last date missing, of course. I prefer to nourish a garden with my ashes... and such is fitting since I have been married to my present husband for 39 yrs. He will be buried at Arlington. You will feel so much better just to have it done! Diane ----- Original Message ----- From: mwj819@aol.com To: VAHANOVE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 12:59 PM Subject: Re: [VAHANOVE] N. Jones Diane - I will email you a name and number of a possible SCV group to do your dedication. They are working on taking over the Oakwood cemetery Confederate section. I have also just recently located one of my gggrandfathers who also died in one of the general hospitals in downtown Richmond, he was listed incorrectly on the regisers so if you see anything that might be your guy check it out - it would have saved me three years! My Andrew B. Walker of the 22nd Va. Inf. was listed as A. B. Walker, Ga. after looking at it harder no A. B. Walker listed in Ga. Inf. and the date of burial was a day after the death of Andrew. The Confederate Museum has copies of the register of burials- they too were buried in mass numbers three to a grave marker. I did not know about the right side and left side of the road but my guy is on the right side and he died in 1862. We have not ordered a marker yet as they will not let uprights in yet and I am hoping when the SCV take over I will b! e ! able to get an upright. I visit out at Oakwood often - it is not a real good place to go alone - and the Confederates are on the front wall where a apartment complex is located that is known to be very rough - the whole area is - so not go in the evening or by yourself! I would almost be scared to have a dedication out there - you could be shot! Marie -----Original Message----- From: Diane S <dsanfilippo303@adelphia.net> To: VAHANOVE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 12:20:31 -0500 Subject: Re: [VAHANOVE] N. Jones John, there is a database of Georgia soldiers buried in Hollywood in the ga archives of GenWeb and/or RootsWeb. I found my 3x great grandfather, David Aldrin McDonald buried in Oakwood, and have since had his grave marked - he was from Athens, Ga. and died in Chimborazo #8, I think without looking... and another tip - soldiers who died at Chimborazo were buried at Oakwood. I have tried and tried to find a Sons group to have a small dedication service for David's marker, to no avail. Its sad to live in the Capitol of the Confederacy and not be able to find anyone to honor an ancestor - whether he was from any of the Confederate states! Oh, Ricky, at Oakwood is most helpful in locating the soldiers and we followed him out to the 1862 cemetery and he found the grave for us - much, much better marked than Hollywood - although not as lovely or prestigious. Ricky has a list in his office with names and grave sites, however I found the information on the unit's website. I also have a great-great-uncle buried among the unknown at Oakwood - I think my husband breathed a sigh of relief... The sad thing is that at Hollywood, the soldiers were buried three to a grave, coffins laid out like cord wood in trenches, some not as deep as usual, and often, when 'business' was heavy, days went by before burial, rendering the entire site a horrific scene. Its quiet and peaceful now - the neighborhood is not the best and visitors should be well advised to leave way before dusk, but the old cemetery, unlike the new, exudes a feeling of sadness, but dignity. If you visit go by and visit David's grave - the 1862 graves are on the right side of the road and the 1864 on the left. Look for the gazebo on the left - take a straight line from the left corner marker, across the street and in three markers - and you will find David's grave. What a wonderful service you are offering for those who do not live in the area! Diane S ----- Original Message ----- From: JOHN TAYLOR To: VAHANOVE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 8:32 PM Subject: Re: [VAHANOVE] N. Jones Karen, Your best bet would be to contact the Mississippi State Archives - Mississippi Confederate Soldiers records should be on file by unit, and you already know that he was in Co. A 11th Mississippi Infantry. The records will be on microfilm and also any widow's pension applications. Do you know if he was buried in Ashland? We have a mass grave in the Woodland Cemetery in Ashland in which approximately four hundred Confederate Soldiers are buried. There is only one marker stating that they are Confederate Unknowns, but the marker is incorrect. approximately 200 of them are known and there is a record of them at the Library of Virginia in Richmond. We had so many soldiers from our sister states die in Virginia and for many reasons they could not be sent home for burial. Many of them lie in unmarked graves in Hollywood Cemetery, Oakwood Cemetery, and Woodland Cemetery in Ashland. Many of them are known and usually their graves are marked only by a number that corresponds to their name information. If you can determine that N. Jones was buried in Virginia please let me know and I will try to locate his grave for you. Your obedient servant, John Henry Taylor ----- Original Message ----- From: <pooka@arn.net> To: <VAHANOVE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 6:20 PM Subject: [VAHANOVE] N. Jones > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VBC.2ACI/1250 > > Message Board Post: > > Looking for info on N. Jones. He was in Co. A. 11th Miss Infantry. He > was a private He joined the Confederate Infantry March 1, 1862 at Spring > Dale. Miss. He died at Ashland, Virginia. I am trying to find what the > N. stood for? Could it have been Norman or Norbert? 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